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Clio : (noun)
1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of history [syn: Clio]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clio : \Cli"o\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? the proclaimer, fr. ? to call,
tell of, make famous.] (Class. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over history.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione
papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a
part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes
incorrectly called Clio.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clio, AL (town, FIPS 15640)
Location: 31.70928 N, 85.61055 W
Population (1990): 1365 (513 housing units)
Area: 25.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36017
Clio, CA
Zip code(s): 96106
Clio, IA (city, FIPS 14475)
Location: 40.63472 N, 93.45185 W
Population (1990): 103 (47 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50052
Clio, MI (city, FIPS 16620)
Location: 43.17710 N, 83.73615 W
Population (1990): 2629 (1218 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48420
Clio, SC (town, FIPS 15310)
Location: 34.57854 N, 79.54642 W
Population (1990): 882 (331 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29525
Clio, WV
Zip code(s): 25046
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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